What is a Smart Meter?

From AMP 7 Anglian Water will have 3 kinds of meters installed:​

1. VR – Visual Read - what we currently refer to as ‘Dumb’ or ‘mechanical’ meters​
2. AMR – (Automatic Meter Reading) Driveby or walkby meters from Elster / Honeywell we have used since 2010 for internal fits​
3. AMI – (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) Genuine Smart Meters that transmit their data hourly via a fixed network (Masts) back to AW data systems

What is the difference between a smart and an upgraded meter?​

An upgraded meter is an AMI capable meter that is in an area yet to receive network coverage. When the network switches on the meter becomes smart.

What's the Plan?​

Our plan is to rollout smart meters geographically using our existing DMAs (District Metering Areas) as the way of grouping targeted properties. ​

DMAs are grouped into larger areas known as Planning Zones (PZ). We worked with our Water Resources team in creating a list of PZs , with the most urgent ones being top. ​

We used the following criteria to rank the PZs  ​

·        Current levels of demand  ​

·        Current levels of leakage  ​

·        Future growth levels  ​

·        Current and future water abstraction demands  ​
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These criteria created a prioritised list which we will work through. ​

The first areas are: ​

Boston, Lincoln, Wellingborough, Colchester and Norwich. 

What is the installation process for fitting an upgraded meter?